Electronic device and electronic apparatus

ABSTRACT

An electronic device for tiling another electronic device of the present disclosure includes a supporting substrate having a first edge and a second edge, and a flexible substrate disposed on the supporting substrate, wherein the flexible substrate extends beyond the first edge and the second edge so as to define a first extension region and a second extension region of the flexible substrate, respectively.

BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE 1. Field of the Disclosure

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device and an electronicapparatus, and more particularly, to an electronic device for tilinganother electronic device.

2. Description of the Prior Art

Large or special-shaped electronic devices are often formed by tilingmethod (that is, many smaller electronic devices are combined to form alarger electronic device). For example, a large LED display board iscombined by many small LED display boards. In order to achieve aflexible tiled LED display device, first of all, the flexible substrateshould be used, in addition, it is necessary to solve the technicalproblems of connecting multiple flexible LED display boards together.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

An electronic device for tiling another electronic device of the presentdisclosure includes a supporting substrate having a first edge and asecond edge, and a flexible substrate disposed on the supportingsubstrate, wherein the flexible substrate extends beyond the first edgeand the second edge to define a first extension region and a secondextension region of the flexible substrate, respectively.

The feature of the present disclosure is to provide different electronicdevice tiling methods to form a larger area electronic apparatus. Eachelectronic device may have the same structure, so that it can bemass-produced, and then the electronic devices are tiled into a largerelectronic apparatus. It has the advantages of simple process or costsaving.

These and other objectives of the present disclosure will no doubtbecome obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading thefollowing detailed description of the embodiment that is illustrated inthe various figures and drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B show the schematic diagrams of the basic structureof each electronic device in the present disclosure, wherein FIG. 1Arepresents a cross-sectional view of the electronic device, and FIG. 1Brepresents a top view of the electronic device.

FIG. 2 shows the schematic diagram of an electronic device according toa second embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 shows the schematic diagram of an electronic device according toa third embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 shows the schematic diagram of an electronic device according toa fourth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 shows the schematic diagram of an electronic device according toa fifth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 shows the schematic diagram of an electronic device according toa sixth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7A shows the schematic diagram of an electronic device according toa seventh embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7B shows the schematic diagram of an electronic device according toan eighth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8A shows the schematic diagram of an electronic device according toa ninth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8B shows the schematic diagram of an electronic device according toa tenth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 9 shows the schematic diagram of an electronic device according toan eleventh embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 10A and FIG. 10B show the schematic diagrams of an electronicdevice according to a twelfth embodiment of the present disclosure,wherein FIG. 10A represents a top view of an electronic device, and FIG.10B represents a cross-sectional view of the electronic device.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present disclosure may be understood by reference to the followingdetailed description, taken in conjunction with the drawings asdescribed below. It is noted that, for purposes of illustrative clarityand being easily understood by the readers, various drawings of thisdisclosure show a portion of the touch display device, and certainelements in various drawings may not be drawn to scale. In addition, thenumber and dimension of each device shown in drawings are onlyillustrative and are not intended to limit the scope of the presentdisclosure.

Certain terms are used throughout the description and following claimsto refer to particular components. As one skilled in the art willunderstand, electronic equipment manufacturers may refer to a componentby different names. This document does not intend to distinguish betweencomponents that differ in name but not function. In the followingdescription and in the claims, the terms “include”, “comprise” and“have” are used in an open-ended fashion, and thus should be interpretedto mean “include, but not limited to . . . ”.

It will be understood that when an element or layer is referred to asbeing “on” or “connected to” another element or layer, it can bedirectly on or directly connected to the other element or layer, orintervening elements or layers may be presented. In contrast, when anelement is referred to as being “directly on” or “directly connected to”another element or layer, there are no intervening elements or layerspresented.

It should be noted that the technical features in different embodimentsdescribed in the following can be replaced, recombined, or mixed withone another to constitute another embodiment without departing from thespirit of the present disclosure.

FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B show the basic structure of an electronic device 1of the first embodiment in the present disclosure. In the presentdisclosure, an electronic device 1 is used to combine with otherelectronic devices to constitute a larger area of electronic apparatusfor example, the electronic device comprise a display device, antennadevice, sensor device, or combination thereto. In some embodiments, eachof the electronic devices 1 may have the same structure, and thus can befabricated by the same process, thereby achieving the advantage ofsimplifying the process. In one embodiment, the shapes of the electronicdevices could be similar or different, and the shape of the electronicdevice could be in a rectangular, circle, polygon or free shape, whenviewed in a top view of the electronic device 1. However, the disclosureis not limited thereto.

FIG. 1A represents a cross-sectional view of the electronic device 1,and FIG. 1B represents a top view of the electronic device 1. As shownin FIG. 1A, an electronic device 1 of the present disclosure comprises asupporting substrate 10 and a flexible substrate 12 disposed on thesupporting substrate 10. In the present disclosure, the flexiblesubstrate 12 has a larger area than the supporting substrate 10, so theflexible substrate 12 extends beyond at least two edges E1/E2 of thesupporting substrate 10. More precisely, as shown in FIG. 1B, tworegions are defined on the flexible substrate 12: a first extensionregion 13 and a second extension region 14, which extend beyondoutwardly from a first edge E1 of the supporting substrate 10 and asecond edge E2 of the supporting substrate 10 respectively, wherein thefirst edge E1 is opposite to the second edge E2. In some embodiments,when viewed in a top view (FIG. 1B) the first extension region 13 andthe second extension region 14 are in rectangular shapes, but notlimited thereto. In some embodiments, an area of the first extensionregion 13 is different from an area of the second extension region 14.In another embodiment, the area of the first extension region 13 couldbe larger than the area of the second extension region 14, but notlimited thereto. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, anextension length L1 of the first extension region 13 is different froman extension length L2 of the second extension region 14. Besides, inthis embodiment, a width W1 of the first extension region 13 issubstantially equal to a width W2 of the second extension region 14 anda width W of the supporting substrate 10. However, the presentdisclosure is not limited thereto, and in another embodiment, the widthW1 of the first extension region 13 may be different from the width W2of the second extension region 14 or the width W of the supportingsubstrate 10 (the first edge E1 or the second edge E2).

The supporting substrate 10 may include rigid substrate or flexiblesubstrate. The material of the rigid supporting substrate 10 may includeglass, and the material of the flexible supporting substrate 10 mayinclude glass, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polycarbonate (PC),polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), triacetate (TAC), phenolic cotton paper,woven glass, epoxy resin, aluminum nitride, silicon carbide orcombinations thereof. The flexible substrate 12 may include glass havingthinner thickness, copper foil, polyimide (PI), polycarbonate (PC),polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), triacetate (TAC), epoxy resin orcombinations thereof. However, the present disclosure is not limitedthereto, other suitable materials may be used as the materials of thesupporting substrate 10 or the flexible substrate 12.

On the flexible substrate 12, a conductive pattern layer 16 and aprotection layer 17 are formed, and a plurality of electronic units 18are disposed on the flexible substrate 12 within a display region 19.The display region 19 is an area on the flexible substrate 12 that atleast partially overlaps with the supporting substrate 10. In thisembodiment, the display region 19 is an area other than the firstextension region 13 and the second extension region 14 on the flexiblesubstrate 12. In other words, the electronic units 18 disposed on theflexible substrate 12 excluding the first extension region 13 and thesecond extension region 14. In one embodiment, when the first extensionregion 13 or the second extension region 14 of the flexible substrate 12has display function, the electronic units 18 may also disposed on thefirst extension region 13 or the second extension region 14 of theflexible substrate 12 extension region 13 extension region 14 (notdrawing in FIG. 1A). The electronic units 18 may include light emittingdiodes (LEDs), antenna units, sensor units, or other components such asdisplay driver circuitry, one or more batteries, sensors, microphones,speakers, integrated circuits, microprocessors, power management units,radio-frequency transceiver circuitry, baseband processor circuitry,discrete components such as capacitors, resistors, and inductors,switches, vibrators, connectors, printed circuit boards, wires,transmission lines, and other electrical devices or combinationsthereof, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. In someembodiment, when the electronic units 18 is LED, the LED could be anorganic LED or inorganic LED (such as quantum-dot LED, Mini-LED, orMicro-LED), and a type of LED could be a vertical type or flip-chiptype, however, the disclosure is not limited thereto. In someembodiments, if the electronic units 18 is antenna units, the antennaunit could be a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) antenna unit, aNear-field communication (NFC) antenna unit, a WiFi antenna unit, aBluetooth antenna unit, a phased array antenna unit, or combinationsthereof, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto

Although the FIG. 1A shows each of the pitches 28 of the electronicunits 18 are substantially the same, but at least part of the electronicunits 18 also could be designed to have different pitches 28 from eachother (not drawing in FIG. 1A), for example, the electronic units 18closing to the first edge E1 or the second edge E2 are different fromother electronic units 18 closing to a central position of supportingsubstrate 10, when an electronic device 1 is tiled to another electronicdevice 1 for getting a better display performance. The pitch 28 isdefined as a distance between an edge of an electronic unit 18-1 and anedge of another electronic unit 18-2 closest to the electronic unit 18-1along X-axis direction as shown in FIG. 1A.

The electronic units 18 are disposed on the flexible substrate 12 (theelectronic units 18 can be formed on the flexible substrate 12 such asby wire bonding method or flip-chip method, or they can be connectedtogether by magnetic force), and the electronic units 18 can berespectively electrically connected to the conductive pattern layer 16.In one embodiment, firstly, the electronic units 18 can be electricallyconnected to each other, and then electrically connected to theconductive pattern layer 16. The material of the conductive patternlayer 16 may include metal or transparent conductive material. Examplesof the metal material include Mg, Al, Ag, W, Cu, Ni, Cr, or an alloythereof. Examples of the transparent conductive material include indiumtin oxide (ITO) , indium zinc oxide (IZO), zinc oxide, or indium oxide.And the protection layer 17 can be used for protecting the conductivepattern layer 16 to avoid oxidation or damage, the protection layer 17may include insulating materials, such as silicon oxide, siliconnitride, polyimide, epoxy resin or other suitable materials.

Furthermore, an external driving circuit 20 may be disposed in the firstextension region 13 of the flexible substrate 12. In this embodiment,the external driving circuit 20 may include an integrated circuit (IC)26 formed on a FPC (flexible printed circuit) 24, and electricallyconnected to the conductive pattern layer 16 by an anisotropicconductive film (ACF) 22. In one embodiment, the “dispose in” is definedas the external driving circuit 20 overlaps the first extension region13, when viewed in viewed in a top view (Z-axis direction). The externaldriving circuit 20 is used to control the electronic units 18. Forexample, if the electronic units 18 include a light emitting diode, theexternal driving circuit 20 can be used to control whether theelectronic units 18 are illuminating or not. Similarly, when theelectronic units 18 include other components, the external drivingcircuit 20 can perform similar functions.

In this embodiment, FIG. 2 shows that two electronic devices areprovided, they are labeled as an electronic device 1A and an electronicdevice 1B respectively. Specifically, at least one of the firstextension region 13 and the second extension region 14 of the electronicdevice 1A is used for tiling another electronic device 1B. It should benoted that the electronic device 1A and the electronic device 1Bdescribed herein each include the same components as the aboveelectronic device 1 shown in FIG. 1, at least including the firstextension region 13, the second extension region 14, the conductivepattern layer 16, the protection layer 17, the electronic units 18, theexternal driving circuit 20 and other components. To simplify theillustration, some components are not labeled in FIG. 2. However, thestructures and functions of the components can be referred to the firstembodiment described above.

Referring to FIG. 2, which shows the schematic diagram of an electronicdevice 1 according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure, thestructure is formed by tiling at least two electronic devices 1described in FIG. 1 above. It is worth noting that in some embodimentsof the present disclosure, in order to reduce the border region of theelectronic device 1, the external driving circuit 20 disposed on thefirst extension region 13 of the flexible substrate 12 maybe selectivelybent to the back side of the supporting substrate 10, the border regionof the electronic device 1 mentioned here is defined as the area of theflexible substrate 12 that is not overlapping with the supportingsubstrate 10, for example, as shown in FIG. 1B above, a border region 21includes a border region 21 a and a border region 21 b. As shown in FIG.2, when viewed in a cross-sectional view, the supporting substrate 10includes a front side 10A and a back side 10B disposed opposite to thefront side 10A. The electronic units 18 described above are formed onthe front side 10A of the supporting substrate 10, the first extensionregion 13 is partially disposed on the back side 10B, and the externaldriving circuit 20 is formed in the first extension region 13 of theflexible substrate 12. In other words, the external driving circuit 20is formed on the back side 10B of the supporting substrate 10, so thatthe external driving circuit 20 will not occupy an area of the frontside 10A of the supporting substrate 10, and the front side 10A of thesupporting substrate 10 can accommodate more electronic units 18.

In this embodiment, the first extension region 13 of the electronicdevice 1A is tiled with the second extension region 14 of the electronicdevice 1B through a coupling member 30. In other words, the couplingmember 30 is used for tiling another electronic device 1A/1B. Thecoupling member 30 may include a conductive or non-conductive adhesive,such as a glue layer or the ACF mentioned above. Besides, in thisembodiment, the second extension region 14 of the electronic device 1Aor the first extension region 13 of the electronic device 1B may befurther tiled with other electronic devices. It should be noting that ifthe first extension region 13 or second extension region 14 of anelectronic device 1A/1B is at the outermost boundary and will not tiledwith other electronic devices, such as the second extension region 14 ofthe electronic device 1A, in this situation, the second extension region14 of the electronic device 1A can be bent to the back side 10B of thesupporting substrate 10 (as shown in FIG. 2) to avoid the secondextension region 14 of the electronic device 1A from contacting othercomponents or get a narrow border region of the electronic device 1A.

In addition, the electronic device 1A and an electronic device 1Bmentioned above are tiled to each other along a first direction (such asthe X-axis shown in FIG. 2), but the present disclosure is not limitedto tile along only one direction, the electronic devices may be tiled toeach other along other directions (such as along the Y-direction shownin FIG. 2). It should also be within the scope of the presentdisclosure.

Except for the features mentioned above, the other components, materialproperties, and manufacturing method of this embodiment are similar tothe first embodiment detailed above and will not be redundantlydescribed. In addition, the embodiments mentioned below also follow thisrule, except for the differences that are specifically mentioned, theother features are the same as those described in the above firstembodiment.

Referring to FIG. 3, which shows the schematic diagram of an electronicdevice according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure. Inthis embodiment, the second extension region 14 of the electronic device1A is tiled with the second extension region 14 of the electronic device1B through the coupling member 30, and the coupling member 30 disposedbetween a back side 12B of the flexible substrate 12 of the electronicdevice 1A and a front side 12A of the flexible substrate 12 of theelectronic device 1B along Z-axis direction.

Referring to FIG. 4, which shows the schematic diagram of an electronicdevice according to a fourth embodiment of the present disclosure. Inthis embodiment, the first extension region 13 of the electronic device1A is tiled with the first extension region 13 of the electronic device1B through the coupling member 30, and the coupling member 30 disposedbetween a front side 12A of the flexible substrate 12 of the electronicdevice 1A and a front side 12A of the flexible substrate 12 of theelectronic device 1B. In another embodiment, the coupling member 30 canbe disposed between a protection layer 17 of the electronic device 1Aand a protection layer 17 of the electronic device 1B along X-axisdirection. In addition, the coupling member 30 contacts the protectionlayer 17 of the electronic device 1A and the protection layer 17 of theelectronic device 1B directly.

Referring to FIG. 5, which shows the schematic diagram of an electronicdevice according to a fifth embodiment of the present disclosure. Thisembodiment is similar to the third embodiment mentioned above, butcompared with the third embodiment mentioned above, in this embodiment,the electronic units 18 are divided into a plurality of groups, eachgroup containing a specific number of electronic units 18, and theelectronic units 18 are previously formed on a plurality of substrates31, and the substrates 31 containing a plurality of electronic units 18are then disposed on the flexible substrate 12 in the following steps.

By the method described in this embodiment, a plurality of substrates 31including electronic units 18 can be completed in a process, or can beformed in some batch steps, since the substrate 31 has a larger area, sothat the difficulty of the process can be reduced while the substrates31 are disposed on the flexible substrate 12. The differences betweenthis embodiment and the third embodiment mentioned above is that theembodiment further comprises a plurality of substrates 31 having theelectronic units 18 disposed thereon. Besides, the coupling member 30 ofthis embodiment is disposed between a front side 17A of a protectionlayer 17 of the electronic device 1A and a back side 12B of the flexiblesubstrate 12 of the electronic device 1B along the Z-axis. However, thepresent disclosure is not limited thereto, and the position of thecoupling member 30 can be adjusted according to actual requirements.

In this embodiment, the electronic device 1A and the electronic device1B are tiled in the same manner as described in FIG. 2 above, but thepresent disclosure is not limited thereto, and the electronic devicesmay also be tiled according to the tiling manner described in otherembodiments (for example, FIGS. 2-4 or other tiling structures mentionedin the following paragraphs).

Referring to FIG. 6, which shows the schematic diagram of an electronicdevice according to a sixth embodiment of the present disclosure. Thisembodiment is similar to the third embodiment and the fifth embodimentmentioned above, but compared with the third embodiment and the fifthembodiment mentioned above, in this embodiment, the coupling member 30is made of conductive materials, and the conductive pattern layer 16 ofthe electronic device 1A and the conductive pattern layer 16 of theelectronic device 1B are electrically connected to the conductivecoupling member 30 respectively. In other words, the conductive patternlayer 16 of the electronic device 1A is electrically connected to theconductive pattern layer 16 of the electronic device 1B through thecoupling member 30.

In this embodiment, take the electronic device 1A and the electronicdevice 1B as examples, since the conductive pattern layer 16 of theelectronic device 1A is electrically connected to the conductive patternlayer 16 of the electronic device 1B, so only one external drivingcircuit 20 can control the electronic units 18 on the electronic device1A and the electronic units 18 on the electronic device 1Bsimultaneously. In other words, another external driving circuit 20 canbe omitted in this embodiment, to achieve cost savings. Or in anothercase, the external driving circuit 20 can still be reserved for use as aspare external driving circuit. It should also be within the scope ofthe present disclosure.

In this embodiment, the electronic device 1A and the electronic device1B are tiled in the same manner as described in FIG. 2 above, but thepresent disclosure is not limited thereto, and the electronic devicesmay also be tiled according to the tiling manner described in otherembodiments (for example, or other tiling structures mentioned in thefollowing paragraphs).

The embodiments of the present disclosure described in the followingparagraphs mainly focus on adjusting the shape of the flexiblesubstrate, and the different shapes of the flexible substrate havedifferent tiling structures. It is worth noting that FIG. 7 to FIG. 9are shown in the top view. For the sake of simplicity, the componentsexcept the supporting substrate 10 and the flexible substrate areomitted, the material features and manufacturing methods of theremaining components are the same as those of the other embodimentsdescribed above, and are not described again.

Referring to FIG. 7A, which shows the schematic diagram of an electronicdevice 1 according to a seventh embodiment of the present disclosure. Asshown in FIG. 7A, a flexible substrate 12A is formed and at leastpartially overlaps the supporting substrate 10 when viewed in a topview. However, FIG. 7A shows that the width W1 of the first extensionregion 13 and the width W2 of the second extension region 14 aresubstantially the same, and smaller than the width W of the supportingsubstrate 10. In one embodiment, an area of the first extension region13 is larger than an area of the second extension region 14, and both ofareas of the first extension region 13 and the second extension region14 are smaller than an area of the supporting substrate 10. In thisdisclosure, the length L1/L2 or the width W1/W2 of each extension region(including the first extension region 13 and the second extension region14) can be adjusted according to actual requirements.

Referring to FIG. 7B, which shows the schematic diagram of an electronicdevice 1 according to an eighth embodiment of the present disclosure. Asshown in FIG. 7B, a flexible substrate 12B is formed and at leastpartially overlaps the supporting substrate 10. However, in thisembodiment, the flexible substrate 12B further comprises a thirdextension region 15 extends beyond a third edge E3 of the supportingsubstrate 10. The third edge E3 is disposed adjacent to the first edgeE1 and the second edge E2, and the first edge E1 is opposite to thesecond edge E2 along X-axis direction. The third extension region 15 canbe used to tile with another electronic device along Y-axis direction.In addition, in another embodiment of the present disclosure, a fourthextension region (not shown) may be further formed, disposed opposite tothe third extension edge E3 along Y-axis direction. It should also bewithin the scope of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 8A, which shows the schematic diagram of an electronicdevice 1 according to a ninth embodiment of the present disclosure. Asshown in FIG. 8A, a flexible substrate 12C is formed and at leastpartially overlaps the supporting substrate 10. However, in thisembodiment, the flexible substrate 12C further comprises at least onecorner extension region32C, in this embodiment, two corner extensionregions 32C disposed adjacent to the third extension region 15 and thefirst extension region 13, and disposed adjacent to the third extensionregion 15 and the second extension region 14 respectively. In oneembodiment, one of the corner extension regions 32C directly connectsthe third extension region 15 and the first extension region 13, and theother corner extension regions 32C contacts the third extension region15 and the second extension region 14 directly. Besides, both the twocorner extension regions 32C are rectangular patterns.

Referring to FIG. 8B, which shows the schematic diagram of an electronicdevice 1 according to a tenth embodiment of the present disclosure. Asshown in FIG. 8B, a flexible substrate 12D is formed and at leastpartially overlaps the supporting substrate 10. However, in thisembodiment, the flexible substrate 12D further comprises at least onecorner extension region 32D, in this embodiment, at least two cornerextension regions 32D disposed adjacent to the third extension region 15and the first extension region 13, and disposed adjacent to the thirdextension region 15 and the second extension region 14 respectively. Inone embodiment, one of the corner extension regions 32D contacts thethird extension region 15 and the first extension region 13 directly,and the other corner extension regions 32D directly connects the thirdextension region 15 and the second extension region 14. Besides, boththe two corner extension regions 32D have at least one curved hypotenuse(such as the curved hypotenuse 33 shown in FIG. 8B). In one embodimentof the present disclosure, the corner extension regions 32D can be atriangle shaped pattern but has an inwardly curved hypotenuse, and inanother embodiment of the present disclosure, the corner extensionregions 32D can be a triangle shaped pattern but has an outwardly curvedhypotenuse.

Referring to FIG. 9, which shows the schematic diagram of an electronicdevice 1 according to an eleventh embodiment of the present disclosure.As shown in FIG. 9, a flexible substrate 12E is formed and at leastpartially overlaps the supporting substrate 10. However, in thisembodiment, the flexible substrate 12E further comprises at least onecorner extension region 32E, in this embodiment, two corner extensionregions 32E disposed adjacent to the third extension region 15 and thefirst extension region 13, and disposed adjacent to the third extensionregion 15 and the second extension region 14 respectively. In oneembodiment, one of the corner extension regions 32E contacts the thirdextension region 15 and the first extension region 13 directly, and theother corner extension regions 32E directly connects the third extensionregion 15 and the second extension region 14. Besides, both the twocorner extension regions 32 are L-shaped patterns.

Referring to FIG. 10A and FIG. 10B, which show the schematic diagrams ofan electronic device according to a twelfth embodiment of the presentdisclosure. This embodiment shows a schematic diagram of a plurality ofelectronic devices tiled into a larger area electronic apparatus 100,FIG. 10A represents a top view of the electronic device 100, and FIG.10b is a cross-sectional view taken along a section line A-A′. As shownin FIG. 10A, a plurality of electronic devices 1 are arranged in arrayand tiled to each other, each electronic device 1 can be tiled withanother electronic device 1 along different directions (such as theX-axis direction or the Y-axis direction of FIG. 10B). It should benoted that the electronic device 1 described in FIG. 10A or FIG. 10B maybe replaced by the electronic devices described in any of the foregoingembodiments, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Besides,in one embodiment of the present disclosure, a larger area electronicapparatus is not limited to be tiled with only one tiling method. Inother words, a larger area electronic apparatus can be tiled by aplurality of electronic devices with different tiling methods (such asthe tiling methods mentioned in each embodiment above).

In addition, in this embodiment, corners 41 are defined, and each corner41 is disposed between every two adjacent edges of the flexiblesubstrate 12 of the electronic device 1, and the two adjacent edges havedifferent extending direction, for example, one extending direction isalong the X-axis direction, and another extending direction is along theY-axis direction. The corners 41 of each electronic device 1 arechamfered, therefore, a gap 40 will be left at the boundary of everyfour electronic devices 1, or between the corners of every two adjacentelectronic devices, in other words, at least one gap 40 is between acorner 41 of one electronic device 1 and a corner 41 of anotherelectronic device 1. In this embodiment, the gap 40 is defined as thearea that is not covered by the flexible substrate 12. The purpose ofleaving the gap 40 is that after the electronic apparatus is completed,the electronic apparatus is a flexible device. When the electronicapparatus is bent, the corners of each electronic device are more easilycontacted with the corners of other adjacent electronic devices. It mayeven cause damage to some electronic devices. Therefore, in thisembodiment, the gaps 40 are leaved, and the issue mentioned above can beprevented. Besides, in this embodiment, when viewed from a top view, thegap 40 is a cross pattern, however, the present disclosure is notlimited thereto, and the shape of each gap can be adjusted according toactual requirements.

In summary, the feature of the present disclosure is to providedifferent electronic device tiling methods to form a larger areaelectronic apparatus. The electronic devices may have the samestructure, so that it can be mass-produced, and then the electronicdevices are tiled into a larger electronic apparatus. It has theadvantages of simple process or cost saving.

Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerousmodifications and alterations of the device and method may be made whileretaining the teachings of the disclosure. Accordingly, the abovedisclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes and boundsof the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. An electronic device for tiling anotherelectronic device, comprising: a supporting substrate having a firstedge and a second edge; and a flexible substrate disposed on thesupporting substrate; wherein the flexible substrate extends beyond thefirst edge and the second edge to define a first extension region and asecond extension region of the flexible substrate, respectively.
 2. Theelectronic device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of thefirst extension region and the second extension region is used fortiling the another electronic device.
 3. The electronic device accordingto claim 1, wherein the first edge is opposite to the second edge. 4.The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein an extension lengthof the first extension region is different from an extension length ofthe second extension region.
 5. The electronic device according to claim1, further comprising an external driving circuit disposed in the firstextension region.
 6. The electronic device according to claim 1, furthercomprising a coupling member disposed in the second extension region,wherein the coupling member is used for tiling the another electronicdevice.
 7. The electronic device according to claim 1, furthercomprising a coupling member disposed in the first extension region,wherein the coupling member is used for tiling the another electronicdevice.
 8. The electronic device according to claim 1, furthercomprising a plurality of electronic units disposed on the flexiblesubstrate excluding the first extension region and the second extensionregion.
 9. The electronic device according to claim 8, furthercomprising a conductive pattern layer disposed on the flexiblesubstrate, and the conductive pattern layer electrically connects atleast one of the plurality of electronic units with another electronicunit.
 10. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein theplurality of electronic units comprise light emitting diodes, antennaunits, sensor units, or combinations thereof.
 11. The electronic deviceaccording to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of electronic unitsdisposed on the flexible substrate, wherein when viewed in across-sectional view, the supporting substrate comprises a front sideand a back side, and the plurality of electronic units are disposed onthe front side of the supporting substrate.
 12. The electronic deviceaccording to claim 11, wherein the first extension region is partiallydisposed on the back side.
 13. The electronic device according to claim1, wherein when viewed in a top view, the supporting substrate furthercomprises a third edge, the first edge is disposed adjacent to the thirdedge, and the first edge is opposite to the second edge.
 14. Theelectronic device according to claim 13, wherein when viewed in a topview, the flexible substrate extends beyond the third edge to define athird extension region.
 15. The electronic device according to claim 14,wherein when viewed in a top view, the flexible substrate furthercomprises a corner extension region disposed adjacent to the firstextension region and the third extension region.
 16. The electronicdevice according to claim 1, wherein when viewed in a top view, a widthof the first extension region is smaller than a width of the first edge.17. An electronic apparatus, comprising: a first electronic device tiledwith a second electronic device, each of the first electronic device andthe second electronic device comprising: a supporting substrate having afirst edge and a second edge; and a flexible substrate disposed on thesupporting substrate; wherein the flexible substrate extends beyond thefirst edge and the second edge to define a first extension region and asecond extension region of the flexible substrate, respectively.
 18. Theelectronic apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising at leastone gap between a corner of the first electronic device and a corner ofthe second electronic device.
 19. The electronic apparatus according toclaim 17, wherein at least one of the first extension region and thesecond extension region of the first electronic device is used fortiling the second electronic device.
 20. The electronic apparatusaccording to claim 17, wherein each of the first electronic device andthe second electronic device further comprising an external drivingcircuit disposed in the first extension region.